There's a reason why the Xbox also works as a DVD player and has a hard drive and an Ethernet connection port on the back suitable for cable modem or a digital subscriber line Internet connection.

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With bulked-up networks, they have poached millions of phone companies' subscribers with cheap voice-over-Internet Protocol plans and sell faster Internet lines than the telcos' digital subscriber line services.

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The early-adopter set has been playing with home networking for a few years, but now the technology is spreading to mainstream consumers, who want to split the fast Internet connection of a cable modem or digital subscriber line (DSL) among several PCs, and also share computer files and peripherals such as printers and scanners.

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And while Microsoft currently offers digital subscriber line (DSL) Internet access in conjunction with its MSN online service, it needs a cable modem offering to drive more traffic to all of its Web properties.

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This development has prompted the former incumbents to accelerate the introduction of DSL (digital subscriber line) technologies to provide high-speed Internet access over the phone lines, Sarkar added.

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As the inventor of Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) it delivers the Internet at high speed over copper wires and an emeritus Stanford professor, Cioffi believes that frequent comments about the demise of DSL are premature.

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Alcatel holds a dominant position in the digital subscriber line (DSL) market, which provides high-speed Internet access over conventional phone lines.

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In theory, these systems would provide easy Internet access to homes, at speeds and prices comparable to that of cable or digital subscriber line connections.

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He and more than a hundred other unhappy Internet addicts convened near Israel's Sea of Galilee last month to flip their digital .subscriber line providers the bird, so to speak.

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